How Do I Engage in Political Discourse?

Steve Kaufmann is an elder at LMPC and a retired professor of education at Covenant College. He and his wife Mary have been members of LMPC since 2010. Steve joins host Brian Salter to talk about how Christians can engage in political speech and discussion with civility.


RESOURCES:

• Books and Articles
  • Uncommon Decency: Christian Civility in an Uncivil World by Richard Mouw
  • Love Your Enemies: How Decent People Can Save American from the Culture of Contempt by Arthur Brooks
  • Articles by Peter Wehner (contributor to The Atlantic and The New York Times)
  • Articles by David French (contributor to The Atlantic and The New York Times)
• Substacks (subscription newsletter platform) 
  • The Dispatch 
  • Current
• Daily Periodicals
  • The New York Times
  • The Wall Street Journal
• Magazines
  • World (biweekly Christian news)
  • The Atlantic (monthly) 
• Think Tanks 
  • The Center for Public Justice
  • American Enterprise Institute
  • Ethics and Public Policy Center
  • The AND Campaign - led by Justin Giboney (exploring both/and versus either/or)

Special Guest: Dr. Steve Kaufmann
Host: Brian Salter
Producer: Ben Wingard
Music arranged by David Henry and performed by David Henry and Hannah Lutz.

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